Separable floral rack



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SEPARABLE FLORAL RACK Filed Jan. 19, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l flApa/vcs H-5pumus- [nvenior it By M Attorney July 25, 1933. c. A. BRUNING SEPARABLE FLORAL RACK Filed Jan. 19, 1932 r 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 RAPE/yrs L Ecru/VINE [nvenlor )4 llorney Patented July 25, 1933 UNITED STATES,

CLARENCE A. BRUNING, OF COLFAX, \VASHINGTON 'snranannn FLORAL RACK Application filed January 19, 1932. Serial No. 587,471.

My present invention "relates to an improved separable floral rack of the easel type for supporting and displaying cut flowers in the form of wreathes, bouquets,

5 sprays, flower pieces, and other floral de signs, in the home, chapel, church, cemetery,

and other places. 1 e

I The rack of my invention comprises two main separable sections that areadapted for joint use in the form of an easel or stand, and these sections are separable to provide two separate units,'each of which units may be suspended from a wall-support, or leaned against a wall, or other support, for supporting and displaying the floral designs.

When utilized as an easel-support, the rack is provided with a wide base area, in volving four points of floor contact, and the two sections ofthe rack are properly '20 braced to prevent accidental collapse of the easel-rack, and to insure a rigid position,

thus providing a stable'foundation for the floral designs supported thereon. "The rack sections are provided with 00- acting means for rigidly connecting them together to form a rigid structure or stand, which may, if. necessary, be picked up bodily by hand -andeasily carried without dan ger of accidentally displacing ,or' disarranging the floral display. These co-acting means are simple in construction and operation in orderthat the parts may readily be joined, and with equal convenience they may be disjointed, or knocked down, after having 5 been used. The two separable sections are fashioned with means whereby they may separately be suspended fromf the picture molding, orrail, usually found on a buildmg wall, thus affording a convenient supn port for collections of floral designs.

The floral rack of my invention is composed of a practical minimum of parts, thus simplifying the construction of the rack and reducing the costof manufacture, and

because of the simplicity in construction,

the rack or sections of the rack, may readily be set up for use, and with equal facility they may be taken apart, or taken down, for packing and transportation.

0 The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as willhereinafter be more fully set forth. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one completeeXample-of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode I have thus far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of my invention. 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the floral 9 rackset up as an easel-support or stand.

Figure 2 is a detail view showing one of the rack-sections as a unit, suspended from the picture molding or wall rail of a room. 7

Figures 3 and 4; show respectively the upper and lower portions of the fioral rack, partly broken away for convenience of illustration, illustrating the means of connecting the sections; 1

In the preferred form of the invention as shown in the drawings I employ two sepa-' rate units or sections A and B which are of oblong or rectangular shape, and include, respectively, the pair of side bars 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, fashioned from suitable material and of appropriate length.

The section A is'fashioned with an intermediate pair of spaced, parallel, upright rods 5, 5, and these side bars and intermediate -rods are joined and connected by cross rods or horizontal rods 6, 6a and 6',jthe latter cross rod 6 being located at the top of the section, leaving the ends of the side bars projecting upwardly to afford supports for suspending floral pieces. The cross rod 6a is preferably located below the middle of the sectionA for use in coupling the two sections A and B together. P 1

- The upper ends of the two intermediate upright rods 5are fashioned with suspending hooks 7 and these hooks, as indicated in Figure 2 are adapted to be hung over the molding or picture rail R on the wall W, and it will be apparent that these two spaced hooks afford a wide bearing for suspending the section and maintainingit in upright or perpendicular position. Thus, should the weight of the flowers on one side or the other of the rack-section be overbalaneed with relation to the opposite side of the rack, this wide bearing or suspension-support will prevent the section from swinging out of plumb.

The lower end of the rack A is provided with tubular socket members or sleeves 8, 8, secured on the side bars 1 and 2, and these sockets are adapted to receive the free ends of side bars at the upper end of a similar section, to extend the length of the rack.

The section B, at the rear of the easelsupport, is also provided with cross braces or joint rods 9, 9, and the upperjoint rod 9 and the upper ends of the side bars 3 and 4 are fashioned with hooks 10 of similar type and for a purpose similar to that of the hooks 7 on the section A.

011 one of the cross rods, as 9a of the section B is pivoted a brace-frame that includes the twov side bars 11 and 12 pivoted at 13 on the cross rod 9a, and the free end of this brace-frame is fashioned as an overhanging hook 14, adapted to engage over the cross rod 6a of the section A.

In the erection of the easel-rack, the two hooked ends of the section B are slipped upwardly and through the upper end of the section A, above the top cross bar 6, and the two hooked ends 10, 10, of the section B are then engaged over the top of the bar 6 of the section A. In this position the upper cross rod 9 frictionally engages the respective intermediate bars 5 andacts as a bracing element. Thus, as indicated in Figures 1 and 3 the hooks 10, 10, and rod 6 join the upper ends of the sections A and B, and hold together these upper ends against displacement.

As will be noted, the two hooks 10, 10, fit against the outer sides of the two intermediate upright rods 5, 5, to prevent lateral displacement of the upper ends of the two sections; the brace frame 1112 prevents the two sections from spreading with relation to one another; and the brace frame also prevents lateral displacement of the sections.

The lowermost cross rod 9 of the section B is spaced below the pivot bar 9a the proper distance to fasten the hooked end 14 of the brace frame, and as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4, the hooked end of the frame, when the sections are to be disconnected, is first raised above the cross rod 6afor disengagment therefrom, and the sections are spread slightly to" permit the brace-frame to swing down back of the cross rod 60a.v Then the brace-frame is swung down to dotted position, and the hook is snapped under the cross rod 9 for frictional engagement therewith, to hold the braceframe from dangling or swinging on its pivot rod, when the brace frame is not in use. The wide brace-frame, with its two spaced hearings or pivots, and the side hook 14, rigidly joins the two sections to prevent relative movement of the sections.

'From this described construction and arrangement of parts, it will be apparent that the easel-rack may be erected with quietness and facility, to provide a stable and rigid support for the floral designs, and that the parts are so interrelated and fastened together as to insure against wabhling of the parts, and against displacement or collapse. The joined parts thus form a rigid structure, which, while the floral pieces are dis played thereon, may he bodily shifted on the floor, or picked up and carried to a desired location with convenience, and without danger of collapse of the stand or of accidental displacement of the floral display.

The various parts of the sections provide numerous points of attachment for the floral designs, and the entire structure may be utilized for supporting and displaying the flowers.

The sections of the rack or stand may readily be disengaged, one from the other, and then compactly arranged or packed for carrying them from place to place, or for storage, and when stored, they are easily accessible for assemblage of the parts.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination in a floral rack, of a pair of separable rack sections, one of said sections comprising a pair of upright bars and an upper cross rod joining said bars, the other section comprising a pair of upright bars and cross rods uniting these bars, the uppermost of said last mentioned cross rod frictionally engaging said first mentioned upright bars; said second section having hooks loosely engaging the first mentioned cross rod, said hooks being arranged at the outer sides of said first mentioned bars to prevent lateral, displacement of said sections, and a brace frame pivoted on one section and detachably engaging the other section;

CLARENCE A. BRUNING. 

